Events for Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Muscle Pump
Level III
A group exercise class that combines free weights, barbells, and weighted body bars that is set to music in a circuit format. Start your morning strong by lifting weights the fun way! Class is held on Wednesday at 6:15 a.m.
Group Exercise classes are free for Wellness Center members!

Morning Reformer Pilates
Reformer Pilates is a resistance class that is meant to strengthen the body without adding bulk. By focusing on alignment and the core muscles, it increases flexibility, mobility, balance, and body awareness. With Pilates you will learn to strengthen your spine and deep abdominal muscles, resulting in better posture. The top benefits people report from Pilates are becoming stronger, longer, leaner, and more able to do anything with grace and ease.
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Participants will have the opportunity to define incivility. They will complete a civility assessment as well as a self-assessment on social styles to create some self-awareness. Participants will learn about moral intelligence and how it relates to their lives.

Dan Jones is a painter of place, his own place, the utterly flat landscape of the Red River Valley and the rolling hills that flank the forty-mile-wide and two-hundred-mile-long Valley, which isn’t a valley at all but the flood plain of the ancient Lake Agassiz. Meandering through the Valley today is the Red River of the North, slowly making its way from its source at the northeastern tip of South Dakota to the Hudson Bay,…

Timothy Ray was born in 1940 in Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada. Ray received his BFA from the University of Manitoba, and his MFA in in 1969 from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. He taught at Minnesota State University Moorhead from 1970 until 1997.
The exhibition will be on display through April 7, 2013.

From 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday through Friday, the Writers Conference will host its annual public readings. Each reader should be prepared to read for five minutes. Additional time may be used at the discretion of the readings coordinator, but out of respect for your fellow readers, please plan to limit your material to five minutes.
Readings will be held in the River Valley Room at UND’s Memorial Union. For more information contact Heidi Czerwiec.

Story time at the EGF Campbell Library are Wednesdays at 10 a.m., Thursdays at 7 p.m. and the first Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. Story time is open to all preschoolers and primary grade children. A story and craft are presented at each 30 to 45 minute session. A caregiver must accompany the child. No registration or fee is required. Call 218-773-9121. EGF Campbell Library is located at 422 4th St NW, EGF.

Nervous about that all important upcoming interview? Come join us to learn what to expect, helpful tips on job interview etiquette and dress, and also find out the three most common interview questions!

The Dean of the College of Education and Human Development invites the campus community to the next Deans for Wellness.
Tanis Hastmann, Physical Education, Exercise Science and Wellness, will present “Obesity Prevention: Individual to Community, and Beyond” on Wednesday, March 20, from noon to 12:50 p.m. in 113 Education Building.
Mark your calendars from noon to 12:50 p.m. at the Education Building, Room 113, to attend all of the Wednesday lectures:
April 10: Sarah Edwards,…

Panel: "Remembrance of Things Past"
Richard Bausch, Dorothy Allison, and Mary Jo Bang
Moderator: Adam Kitzes
The 44th Annual Writers Conference, "A Portrait of an Artist" will run March 19-23.
Each year, literature lovers from all over North Dakota and beyond attend this event to listen to panel discussions, readings and ask questions of internationally prominent authors.
The lineup for this year's authors and artists include Cheryl Strayed, Nick Flynn, Ed Bok Lee, Dorothy Allison,…

UND is partnering with Delete Blood Cancer DKMS, the world’s largest bone marrow donor center. The Department of Social Work, in Conjunction with the School of Medicine, will be hosting a bone marrow donor drive. The first meeting will be held on March 20, from noon to 1 p.m., in 19 O'Kelly Hall. All interested students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend.

Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking abilities and leadership skills through local club meetings, training seminars and speech contests. Experienced professionals as well as beginning speakers can benefit from a practical, face-to-face learning program. Whether you're speaking to the board of directors, your customers, your co-workers or your kids, Toastmasters can help you do it better. You'll learn and practice in a…

UND has two meeting locations on campus (open to anyone). Meetings are:
Wednesdays: 4:45pm-5:15pm, Twamley snack bar, 4th floor (starting August 21, 2013)
Wednesdays 12:15pm-12:45pm, EERC Lewis and Clark room
You can enroll online for a cost of $39.95/month. Staff and Faculty are eligible for a $50 return 3 times a year for attending 80% of meetings.
For more information, visit the Work Well website at:
www.und.edu/workwell
or directly at http://und.edu/health-wellness/workwell/programs/weight-watchers.cfm…

Nervous about that all important upcoming interview? Come join us to learn what to expect, helpful tips on job interview etiquette and dress, and also find out the three most common interview questions!

The mission of the Bohannon Group is to help people align their actions with their values through their core values of: growth, relationships, integrity and passion. Join us for an open session for students to learn more about their internship and career opportunities.

New Employee Orientation is an opportunity for new employess (Staff, Faculty, Student Employees, etc.) to learn about the University, get information on Safety awareness, and gain answers to Payroll questions on benefits and pay.

Film: Adaptation (Directed Spike Jonze, 2002)
The Writers Conference promotes its annual film festival. Each year, authors are invited to select films that have influenced their work or have a special connection to the theme. The film festival is free and open to the public.
All films will be shown in the Lecture Bowl, located on the second floor of the UND Memorial Union (Room 204) unless otherwise noted.

Face-to-face (naked) interaction between faculty and students remains our most precious and expensive teaching technique, so the most important benefits to using technology occur outside of the classroom. Technology provides new ways for students to receive first contact with material and instead use class time for interactions that can spark more critical thinking. But e-communication technology also offers many new opportunities to connect with students digitally and advance student learning. Give students more opportunities to…

The Mathematics Department will host alumna Gail Nelson, professor of mathematics at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., for the inaugural “Ed Nelson Memorial Lecture Series,” at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, in 114 Witmer Hall.
Refreshments will be served in the foyer outside of 114 Witmer Hall, starting at 3 p.m.
As part of her lecture, Nelson will discuss the “Magical Properties of Farey Sequences.”
What is a Farey sequence? Take all the reduced…

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